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With the new version of System Center Updates Publisher authoring updates are now easier than ever before. In In this example I will deploy Java 6 update 25 x86. I have already downloaded the update to a local file share “\\sccm4\sccm_sources$\Software\JavaUpd25\jre-6u25-windows-i586.exe”

Before you start author any update you will need to do some detective work. You need to figure out:

·        A way to download patch, either vendor site or local file server

·        A method to detect whether a given update is required or not.

·        A method to detect that you successfully deployed the update.

·        Figure out the command  line to do a silent installation

·        Find the vendor website that contains information about the update.

To detect if a previous version of Java is installed I will query these registry keys:

·        Must exist: HKLM\Software\Javasoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6

·        Must not exist: HKLM\Software\Javasoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6.0_25

To verify that the installation was successful I will query this registry key

·        Must exist: HKLM\Software\Javasoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6.0_25

 

	Open the SCUP 2011 console and navigate to the Updates workspace. Create folder by using the Ribbon. In this example my folder is called Oracle
	Click Create, Software Update on the Ribbon
	In Package Source click Browse and navigate to: jre-6u25-windows-i586.exe.   In download URL (or UNC) type the UNC path to the file: \\sccm4\sccm_sources$\Software\JavaUpd25\jre-6u25-windows-i586.exe   Binary language (in my example is English) English   Command line: /s "IEXPLORER=1 MOZILLA=1" /quiet   Click Next.
	In Language select: English   In Title type: SUN Java  6 Update 25   In Description type something meaningful like what are being fixed by this update.   In Classification select: Security   In Vendor type: Oracle   In Product type: SUN Java   More Info URL type: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u25releasenotes-356444.html   Click Next.
	On the Optional information page you can type the official Update information, is none is provided I suggest you invent a naming standard for the different vendors.   Bulletin ID: SUNJAVA6UPD25   Article ID QSUNJAVA6UPD25   Support URL: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/index.html   Severity: None Specified   Impact: Normal   Restart Behavior: Can request reboot   Click Next
	On the prerequisites page click Next.
	On the Supersedence page you can select any older version that is being superseded with this update. It requires that the older update is also present in the catalog. In my example, this is the first Java update in the catalog, click Next.
	On the Installable rules page you will type in whatever information you have to detect a previous installed version. Click the Yellow star icon.
	Rule Type select: Registry   Subkey type: Software\Javasoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6   This registry key is for a 32 bit application on a 64-bit system: Enabled   Click OK
	Click the Yellow icon and create a new rule   Rule Type select: Registry   Subkey type: Software\Javasoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6.0_25   This registry key is for a 32 bit application on a 64-bit system: Enabled     Click OK
	Highlight the last rule and press Alt+G or click the Not icon.   Click Next.
	On the Installed rules page you will type in whatever information you have to detect that this new update is successfully installed.   Click the Yellow icon to create a new rule.   Rule Type select: Registry   Subkey type: Software\Javasoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6.0_25   This registry key is for a 32 bit application on a 64-bit system: Enabled     Click OK
	Click Next.
	Click Next.
	Click Close
	Click Publish on the Ribbon, select Full Content and click Next.
	Click Next.
	Click Close.   The update will now become available in Configuration Manager after the next software update synchronization process.
	My Configuration Manager 2012 client: installation progress, preparing – installing – installed.
	Java 6 update 25 is installed.